Jop Tournament Round 1.6

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

A couple of intriguing cross-generational match-ups today, and whatever happens, one Destiny's Child record is going to get the chop.


[Poll #921052]

Voting still open in the previous 16 fites, of course. Tomorrow - Madonna v Britney for the first time, and at least two draws that might break the Lex's tiny heart.

Comments

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

My heart will only be broken if Aaliyah loses here. Actually scrap that the awful En Vogue catastrophe has already broken it :(

These were all pretty easy! By which I mean VERY easy.

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Seedings - Aaliyah 32, Britney 16, "Ind Women" 24, League 8.

Aaliyah an easy win for me.

Britney/ABC - The Britney record is a bigger icon and probably better, but I'm feeling fond of ABC right now, so consider it a sympathy tick.

Destiny's - "Bootylicious" easily - dunno why I.W. is so rated really, it's a bit stumbly (tho I liked the Charlies Angels film a lot)

Human League/ODB also hard - DYWM is amazing but its long long years of fame have worn it a bit. ODB on the other hand I've listened to so much in the last few years that I'm not really feeling it any more. Both acknowledged greats rather than burning loves, then (a problem I suspect will increase as the poll proceeds).

[ninebelow.livejournal.com]

A couple of intriguing cross-generational match-ups today,

New school all the way.

And the first time my votes have ever coincided with Lex I think!

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

At Poptimism I declared Bootylicious my favourite DC song. The final ordering would probably go like this:

1. Booty
2. Bills
3. Throwing some form of hands up at me
4. Name saying.

[blue-russian.livejournal.com]

Yep, easy for me, too. Only had to think momentarily about ABC (I wonder if it's better than the Isaac Hayes version I was listening to yesterday).

EASY EASY EASY

[awesomewells.livejournal.com]

1. Aaliyah wins as much for her own merits as because Fite For Your Rite isn't actually that good.

2. I have no idea how the ABC song goes.

3. Independent Woman pwns Bootylicious for the middle eight and the coda alone.

4. Don't You Want Me wins because I'm frankly bored of Got Your Money (see also Fite For Your Right).

[blue-russian.livejournal.com]

Actually this gives me an idea for a poll, although I don't think I can do them because I don't have a paid account.

[dubdobdee.livejournal.com]

mitya if you accept ads you can do polls

[martinskidmore.livejournal.com]

All of my picks are losing! The DC fite is the only close one.

The hard one

[koganbot]

The hard one for me was "Fight For Your Right" versus "Try Again," the first time in the playoffs where I actually went back to relisten, though the relisten confirmed for me that "Try Again" touches my heart while "Fight For Your Right" is confined to lesser viscera. (Also, MC5's "Kick Out The Jams" and the Stooges' "Loose" obliterate "Fight For Your Right.")(But "Smoke On The Water" doesn't.)

(*and a version w/ proper intro)

[piratemoggy.livejournal.com]

That last one was completely unexpectedly the HARDEST QUESTION EVER. :o